Improvement in combined hoe and hand-planter



FESSLER & BETZ.

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HENRY FESSLER- AND ISAAC. BETZ, or. CANTON, OHIO.

' Letters Patent NO. 64,755, dated May 14. 1867. i

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED HOBAND HAND-PLANTER;

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, HENRY FESSLER and ISAAC E BE'rZ, of Canton, in the county of Stark, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and -usef'ul Improvements in Corn-Planting Hoes; anddo hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact deseript-ionlthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

'In the annexed drawings, making part oi'this specification, A represents any ordinary hoe-handle, provided with a hoe, B. C represents a cylindrical plug, which has an opening through its centre to receive the handle A, being provided with a set-screw, J, to confine it to the handle. 15 represents a hollow cylinder made of sheet metal, and provided at its upper end with a handle, D, which fits and is confined in said end. This handle is provided with an opening through it longitudinally, through which the hoe-handle A passes. The lower end of the cylinderE is closed by the plug 0, said lower end fitting over the plug loosely, so that it can turn upon it.. The plug G 'is provided with a seed recentacle or recess, G, andto correspond with this recess there is an open-- ing, K, made in the side of cylinder E. The recess G is regulated as to size by-the gauge-slide H. 2' represents a pin or screw which passes through a slot, S, in the cylinder into the plug 0. F represents a slide-doorin the side of the cylinder, through which seed is introduced into said cylinder.

In using this seeding hoe, the'operator takes hold of the hoe-handle at 'its'upper end with one hand, and the other hand he places upon the handle D of the cylinder. After making a suitable opening in the ground for his seed with the hoe, hepartiallyrevolves the cylinder E, causing the recess G of the plug to pass within the cylinder, where'it fills with. seed and then by partially revolving the cylinder back again, until the recess comes opposite the opening K, the grain drops out to the ground. The I plug Obeing secured fast 'tothe handle A, it becomes a matter oi' no consequence whether the handle A or the handle D is turned, as'the same result is of course attained in either case. By removing the'set-screw J this apparatus maybe removed from the handle A, and means of said screw it may be attached to any hoe-handle.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v The cylinder E, as constructed, used in combination with the plug 0, with its set-screw and seed-recess, and handles D. and A, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set our hands and seal this 11th day of Feb- HENRY FESSLER, ISAAC E. BETZ.

Witnesses:

W. W. CLARK, J. J. CLARK. 

